Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-12


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A BRIGHT OUTLooK-It is reported to be
deani,ey settled that the coming spring
ana summer will witness scene of renew
ed activity in the shipbuilding business OF
Alexandria About three years and half
have elapsed since vessel of any size has
beeo constructed here, the last having been
tho three ma,ted schooner Henry S. Culver,
Luilr by Messrs. Agnew & Co., and launched
ia 1888 A long depression in the business
has followed not only here but elsewhere,
hut of late revival has been noticeable,
aud Alexandria, having all the facilities for
such enterprises, is said 10 be about to reap
benefits to which her peculiar fitness for
manufacturing entities her.
The Arrow Steamship Company, Of New
York city, with offices here and in Wash
ington, have, ii appears, determined TO con
,trnct u magnicenti: iron and steel passenger
Steamship al this p!scs. She is to be called
the Pocahontas. and will be $40 feet long
over all, 40 feet wide As feet deep, aud %
feet draft. Size will he equipped with
powerful engines and will carry 20 boilers.
She is To he bui!t OF iron and steel, the null
to be divided into any number OF waierlight
compartments ny bu!kheads The ship
10 have six tunnels (smokestacksl, three on
each side, situated near The TAIL, and h;r
boilers and machinery are 10 be placed so
well down in the hold as to form at once
perfect ballast The designs for the Poca-
hon,as are the fruits OF many years OF
patient, thoughtful study on the part OF hlr.
Robert NJ Fryer, her designer, his object
being to construct sea.going steamer which
will prove uusnkabe, collision proof under
Ordinary circumstances, ire.proot under all
circumstances, and possessing sufficient
speed to cross the Atlantic inside Of seven
DAYS. By nav and complete system OF
waite tight compartments, having nothing
o;a coinbustible nature save saloon doors
aud chairs on the vessel, aud by employing
powerful engines all these results II IS
claimed will be attained. Plans of the new
vessel and pictures OF her as she will appear
when completed have recently appeared in
the nautical journals OF this country, and the
criticisms which have followed have been
Of favorable nature.
The proposed building OF the steamer ia,
according to the New York Mechanical En-
qineer. no stock jobbiog scheme. The COM
pauy, this paper says Is capitalized at
100000 nominal, with n large amount
paid up, and the stockholders are we'll
known gentlemen of the metropolis. Mr..
FRYER, tbs chief engineer, is practical man,
having been 3 marine engineer in New
York city for many years and constructing
engineer to several establishments through.
out the country. He has also ettersspatent
in every important country in the world.
Mr.. Fryer is now at the Braddock House,
and in conversation with representative
Of the GAZETTE yesterday said it bad been
definitely determined to construct the Poca
hontas here, this place offering better ad-
yantages than any city he bad visited. de
mentioned some OF the benefits the construc-
tors saw 10 Alexandria not go manifest
elscwh here. Ia the first place deep water at
the docks; its contiguity TO Chesapeake pay
where the seAworthiness o, large vessels
could bs sufficiently tested the failroads
running into the shipyards which could
transport iron and everything needful from
Pltt5oG!g anu DINER centres WItuOuV o'Sah
ing bulk; the fact that the workmen EN-
ployed could reside close to the yard, which
is not the case in New York, Jersey City
and other large places, and the last but by
no meaus least advantage that both con
structors end workmen could be more i5oia-
ted ffom the turmoils of labor aeitations
which so often cause needless trouble and
loss to capitalist and laborer alike.
The premises upon which it is proposed TO
build the Pccahontss are those now occn
pied by the Marine Railway and Shipbuild
ing Company, negotiations for the purchase
Of which have been in progress for several
weeks. The Arrow Steamship Company,
though their representatives, have thorough
ly examined the yard and made their ohsr,
and though the bargain has not actually
been consummated, 1t is believed TO De :;
virtual purchase. Should the shipya'd
change hands much of the ground con'isu
Gus thereto will of course be purchased TT
reasonable prices. =,
The Pocahontas, it is thought, will be
commenced in few weeks and completed
in about eight months. When finished, she
will be a palatial steamer, and about as
large as any aioat, save the Great Eastern
The plates, machinery, etc, have, it is said,
been contracted fer, and should the steamer
satisfy the expectations of her projectors.
and nautical men thiuk she wil-she will
prove Int the nucleus of fleets Of vessels Of